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PANDAS
Definition of PANDAS
noun
plural of panda
noun
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail.
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Word DNA
PANDAS inherits its ancestry from its root, PANDA.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,388)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PANDA · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PANDAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PANDAS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found PANDAS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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